The Owl and the Pussycat (film)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Owl and the Pussycat
caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Herbert Ross
producer = Ray Stark
writer = Buck Henry
starring = Barbra Streisand
George Segal
music = Dick Halligan
cinematography = Harry Stradling, Sr.
editing = John F. Burnett
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = November 3, 1970
runtime = 95 min.
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0066195
"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a 1970 romantic comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal. Barbra Streisand plays the role of a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute. She temporarily lives with an educated want-to-be writer, played by Segal. Their differences are obvious; yet through time, they start to admire each other. Comedian/actor Robert Klein appears in a supporting role. Future adult film actress Marilyn Chambers, who makes her film debut here, plays Klein's girlfriend. (She is credited here as Evelyn Lang.)
The soundtrack record released for the movie (Columbia Masterworks MS30401) features dialogue from the film and music from the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
The movie was released several years ago on DVD, however, fans of the movie have complained that dialogue and scenes from the original movie, including a brief nude scene by Streisand and her character's use of the word "fuck" have been deleted from the DVD release [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005QCTZ] .
The screenplay was written by Buck Henry, based on a stage play by Bill Manhoff. In the stage version; the would-be writer and the would-be actress are the only characters. In the play's original Broadway production (1964-65), the "Owl" was played by white actor Alan Alda and the "Pussycat" by black actress/singer Diana Sands; the film version omitted the interracial aspects of the characters' relationship.
In the satire in Mad Magazine, much is made of Streisand's profanity. At the end, Segal's writer character throws his typewriter down an embankment, saying that the words he's used as a writer made him sick. Then he throws "her" over, saying "Four-letter words make me even sicker! So long, Foul-Mouth!"
Cast
*Barbra Streisand as Doris
*George Segal as Felix
*Robert Klein as Barney
*Evelyn Lang as Barney's Girl
*Roz Kelly as Eleanor
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